Educating Young Generation And Preserving Heritage Through Seloko Adat In Marriage Ceremony

Seloko is one of the traditions in Jambi's Malay marriage customs. This tradition is a traditional event passed down in the form of a Seloko Adat full of the meaning of life that needs to be preserved. Therefore, this research is intended to reveal the meaning contained in it. The method used in this study wase qualitative descriptive with content analysis and hermeneutic techniques to obtain the validity of the data by using observation persistence, triangulation, and peer checking. The results of the study show that the meaning contained in the marriage customs of the Jambi Malay community has conformity and harmony manifested in the form of mutual love, courage, happiness, economy, readiness, responsibility, appreciation, hard work, calmness, humility, maintaining good relations, life success, and surrender to god the Almighty.